The Board found that the veteran's pernicious anemia was not incurred in service or due to herbicide exposure, and is not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. Therefore, service connection for pernicious anemia is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between the veteran's pernicious anemia and either service or herbicide exposure, nor does it indicate that the condition was caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- pernicious anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0821443
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for pernicious anemia is being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error in the previous VA medical opinions. The Board requests additional clarification on whether the condition was incurred during service or related to his hypertension.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for pernicious anemia, vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, and iron deficiency anemia (anemia) is denied as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and pernicious anemia, and the Board dismissed both appeals.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and denied it for chronic fatigue syndrome, while remanding claims for obstructive sleep apnea, pernicious anemia, and GERD as secondary to tinnitus.
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